Page 51 - Green Builder Magazine March-April 2018 Issue

HOME OF THE YEAR AWARDS

10th Annual
Best Passive House

To achieve Passive House

status for Scranton

House, builders went

back to basics.

BY ALAN NADITZ
NCE UPON A TIME, there was a burned-out
house on an abandoned hillside lot—an
eyesore for residents of Scranton, Pa.
You’d never know that today. The site is
now where a two-story, 2,153-square-foot
O “state of green” house now rests. And the
city, the home’s owners and its developers couldn’t
be happier.
The home is Northeastern Pennsylvania’s first
Pennsylvania standards. It’s also a triumph for architect Richard
residence designed and constructed to Passive House

Pedranti and builder Rob Ciervo, both of whom have
never developed a passive house before.
Passive houses, in general, are rare in the U.S. The
Scranton Passive House is only the 112th Passive House
Institute U.S. (PHIUS)-certified home in North America.
Performer for everybody,” Pedranti says. “But we had a great
“There were a lot of first experiences in this project

group; a great team. Everyone was really excited to
do this.”

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